Gateway Transitional Care Center
Nursing home in Pocatello, ID
Medicare & Medicaid certified3★ overall (CMS)
Public-record details
- Address
- 527 Memorial Drive, Pocatello, ID 83201
- Phone
- (208) 478-3333
- Listed under
- For-profit, No fines in 3 years
- Medicare CCN
- 135011
- Overall star rating
- 3 of 5 ★★★☆☆
- Health inspection rating
- 2 of 5
- Staffing rating
- 3 of 5
- Quality measures rating
- 5 of 5
- Certified beds
- 102
- Average residents per day
- 86
- Ownership
- For-profit, corporation
- Legal business name
- Pocatello Health Services INC
- Chain
- The Ensign Group (342 facilities)
- Certified for
- Medicare and Medicaid
- First approved by Medicare/Medicaid
- Jan 1, 1967
- Changed ownership in last 12 months
- No
- Continuing care retirement community
- No
- Located inside a hospital
- No
- Resident or family council
- Resident council
- Sprinklers in all required areas
- Yes
Inspection record
Most recent standard health inspection: Jul 24, 2025. CMS lists 34 health citations for this facility across its last three standard inspection cycles and complaint inspections (Apr 12, 2019 to Jul 24, 2025): 1 from complaint inspections, 0 at the “actual harm” level or higher.
| Inspection | Citation | Severity |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2025 | Allow residents to self-administer drugs if determined clinically appropriate. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Ensure each resident receives an accurate assessment. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Create and put into place a plan for meeting the resident's most immediate needs within 48 hours of being admitted | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Develop the complete care plan within 7 days of the comprehensive assessment; and prepared, reviewed, and revised by a team of health professionals. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Provide appropriate treatment and care according to orders, resident’s preferences and goals. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Ensure that nurses and nurse aides have the appropriate competencies to care for every resident in a way that maximizes each resident's well being. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Ensure that nurse aides who have worked more than 4 months, are trained and competent; and nurse aides who have worked less than 4 months are enrolled in appropriate training. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Ensure medication error rates are not 5 percent or greater. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Ensure drugs and biologicals used in the facility are labeled in accordance with currently accepted professional principles; and all drugs and biologicals must be stored in… | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Procure food from sources approved or considered satisfactory and store, prepare, distribute and serve food in accordance with professional standards. | D |
| Jul 24, 2025 | Dispose of garbage and refuse properly. | D |
Fines and payment denials
CMS records no fines or payment denials for this facility in the last three years.
Staffing
- Total nurse staffing per resident per day
- 3.76 hours
- Registered nurse (RN) time per resident per day
- 0.83 hours
- Nurse aide time per resident per day
- 2.09 hours
- Total nurse staffing on weekends
- 3.42 hours
- Nursing staff turnover (yearly)
- 50%
- RN turnover (yearly)
- 27%
- Administrators who left in the past year
- 0
A citation is what inspectors found on one date; most are corrected within weeks. Look for patterns — the same problem cited in several inspections — and for anything at the G–L level (actual harm or immediate jeopardy). The full inspection narrative (Form CMS-2567) is linked from Medicare Care Compare, and your state long-term care ombudsman can tell you about complaints.